I love baking bread because it puts me into the zone almost immediately. Bagels are among of my favorites. I’ve loved eating them since I was a kid. When I worked in Manhattan, I learned what a really great bagel tasted like. After all, when you’ve got so many stores baking and selling their own bagels, […]

I’ve been making my own pizza for over 20 years. It is one of my life’s passions. I make my dough and tomato sauce from scratch and bake the pizzas in my Big Green Egg except when the weather outside is impossible (we are talking blizzards, zombies, downpours, or sub zero temps — I hate to leave my Egg). The […]

This post is important if you ever need to leave your “Egg” and head inside to cook in your home oven. If you follow recipes as I do, you follow the suggested temperature settings. That’s because you figure the author has done the testing for you. I know that whenever I’ve tried to be creative and […]

Continuing my fascination with using the best prep tools for the job, I’ve spent a fair bit of time getting my arms (and hands) around how to keep my knives super sharp. The sharper the knife, the better and easier it cuts. And, a really sharp knife results in fewer accidents in the kitchen. There are two […]

Have you ever asked yourself, “why am I doing it this way?” Especially when you are not happy with your results? I had one of those moments today. This is something I’ve wrestled with longer than I want to admit (feeling sheepish). I thought I would share it with you now that I have a better way. I’ve […]